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Heart signal monitoring for remote patient assistant based on optical remote sensing

R. JEGAN1,* , K. V. ANUSUYA2

Affiliation

  1. Department of Electronics and Instrumentation Engineering, Karunya University, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India
  2. Department of Electronics and Communication Engineering, PSG College of Technology, Coimbatore, Tamil Nadu, India

Abstract

Electrocardiogram (ECG) signal monitoring has gained attention recently among researchers for developing portable and wearable devices. In this work, wireless sensor based ECG signal monitoring and processing is presented for biotelemetry applications. The patient signal is acquired through sensor and signals are processed and received at receiver. Since the device is connected to the hospital through internet directly, it also eliminates the need for personal computers at patient’s home which is the case in existing wireless ECG monitors. The CMOS based system front end acquisition and preprocessing units are used to avoid the high power requirements, because the wearable devices are operated by battery. In addition, system comprises of. ECG sensors are used for acquisition and signal processors are used for preprocessing the acquired ECG signals..

Keywords

Electrocardiogram (ECG), Biotelemetry, Wireless monitoring, Wireless sensor network.

Citation

R. JEGAN, K. V. ANUSUYA, Heart signal monitoring for remote patient assistant based on optical remote sensing, Optoelectronics and Advanced Materials - Rapid Communications, 9, 5-6, May-June 2015, pp.570-574 (2015).

Submitted at: April 9, 2015

Accepted at: May 7, 2015